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Palestine 36 Acclaimed Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir’s most ambitious work is a powerful exploration of the events leading up to the Arab Revolt of 1936. Period drama 2025 120 mins Annemarie Jacir
Lynch/Oz Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not on Mulholland Drive anymore…the fascinating influence of The Wizard of Oz on David Lynch's filmmaking. Documentary 2022 109 mins Alexandre O. Philippe
BFI Restoration Winstanley An authentic historical drama about the visionary Gerrard Winstanley who led a group of impoverished 'Diggers' to assert their common rights. Historical drama Biopic 1976 96 mins Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo
Max Richter's Sleep A film for frenetic times, this soothing documentary explores the celebrated composer’s 8-hour concept album as it is performed around the world. Documentary 2021 100 mins Natalie Johns
Friendship's Death Tilda Swinton plays an extra-terrestrial android discussing life’s big questions in this unique sci-fi by influential film theorist Peter Wollen. Science Fiction 1987 72 mins Peter Wollen
BFI Restoration The Gold Diggers The ground-breaking debut feature from Sally Potter (Orlando) stars Julie Christie and is a key film in early 1980s feminist cinema. Animation & Artists Moving Image Drama 1984 89 mins Sally Potter
The Act of Killing Groundbreaking documentary in which former Indonesian death-squad leaders re-enact their crimes through scenes inspired by different film genres. Documentary 2012 117 mins Joshua Oppenheimer
Memory: The Origins of Alien The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott’s Alien, one of Hollywood’s most beloved and iconic shockers. Documentary 2019 93 mins Alexandre O. Philippe
Ultras Forget the dramatic headlines and take a joyful deep dive into 'the world’s most popular subculture’: football’s infamous ultras. Documentary 2025 88 mins Ragnhild Ekner
Edward II Christopher Marlowe's 16th century play is radically adapted by Derek Jarman in one of his most powerful films, starring Tilda Swinton. Drama 1991 90 mins Derek Jarman
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Grimonprez’s Academy Award-nominated film reveals the connections between post-war jazz, US imperialism and the Pan-African decolonisation movement. Documentary 2024 150 mins Johan Grimonprez
The Gleaners & I Agnès Varda’s award-winning study of those living on the margins of French society at the turn of the millennium. Documentary 2000 79 mins Agnès Varda
Together Two deaf-mute dock workers eke out a humble existence in London's East End in Lorenza Mazzetti's striking example of Free Cinema. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1956 51 mins Lorenza Mazzetti
The Look of Silence Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary follows an optician reckoning with the legacy of Indonesia’s 1965-66 mass killings, in which his brother was killed. Documentary 2014 99 mins Joshua Oppenheimer
Ollie A young teenager, living in rural France, grapples with family tragedy through his friendship with a former skateboarder. Drama 2024 102 mins Antoine Besse
Horseplay A group of young men test each other’s boundaries in this provocative chamber piece from acclaimed queer filmmaker Marco Berger. Comedy 2022 101 mins Marco Berger
Minding the Gap Three young men band together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown in Bing Liu's Academy Award-nominated documentary. Documentary 2018 94 mins Bing Liu
A New Kind of Wilderness A tragedy shatters the idyllic world of a family living off-grid in the Norwegian wilderness. Documentary 2024 84 mins Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Swan Song Udo Kier enchants as the flamboyant hairdresser pulled out of retirement for one last bob in a hugely enjoyable comedy featuring Jennifer Coolidge. Drama 2021 105 mins Todd Stephens
A River Called Titas Ritwik Ghatak's poetic depiction of memory, loss and a vanishing fishing community. Drama 1973 159 mins Ritwik Ghatak
Boarders The story of skateboarding in the UK – from its surge in the early ‘70s to its current popularity and arrival at the Olympic Games. Documentary Sport 2021 92 mins Sean Fee and Annika Ranin
Sequin in a Blue Room Sexual obsessions spiral dangerously out of control in this altogether different coming-of-age tale. Drama 2019 80 mins Samuel Van Grinsven
Skate Kitchen A timid Long Island skater-girl befriends a New York City-based skateboarding crew in Crystal Moselle's Sundance-nominated coming-of-age tale. Drama 2018 105 mins Crystal Moselle
The Runaway Ritwik Ghatak's moving story of discovery, longing and hardship in an indifferent city, with echoes of The 400 Blows. Children's Drama 1959 120 mins Ritwik Ghatak
Night Stage Neo-noir in which a young actor begins an affair with a closeted Brazilian politician - only to discover a shared fetish for having sex in public. Drama Thriller 2025 119 mins Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon
Ascendancy An English aristocrat is driven to despair over the effects of violence on her family. Drama 1983 82 mins Edward Bennett
The Party Following some unexpected revelations, a celebration quickly takes a turn for the worse in Sally Potter's razor-sharp comedy. Comedy Drama 2017 71 mins Sally Potter
D is for Distance A heartbreaking but powerful account of Louis Petit's epilepsy as documented by his parents, filmmakers Christopher Petit and Emma Matthews. Documentary 2026 90 mins Chris Petit and Emma Matthews
Twentynine Palms A young couple take a road trip through the Californian desert towards a shocking climax in Bruno Dumont’s stripped-back horror. Drama Horror 2003 119 mins Bruno Dumont
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater recreates the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal feature debut, Breathless. Drama 2025 106 mins Richard Linklater
